What’s the best way to proceed when a friend asks you to edit her humorous writing? Jane Wenham-Jones advises a light touch to make the comedy shine
A very good friend of mine in her fifties has caught the writing bug. She’s a wedding planner and has written several chapters of a non-fiction project – each one describing a wedding she organised. She emails them to me so I can give my opinion. Because I’ve had several books published she trusts my judgement implicitly. (A big responsibility for me which she’s not really aware of.)